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Conditional correlation between mental illness and life satisfaction

The correlation reported is conditional on the factors listed in the footnote. Mental illness refers to depression and anxiety.

-0.2-0.15-0.1-0.050Indonesia-0.07United Kingdom-0.11Australia-0.18United States-0.21

Source: Clark et al. in World Happiness Report (2017)

Note: Specifically, the correlation corresponds to the relationship between life satisfaction and mental illness after accounting for differences in income, education, marital status, physical illness,
employment status and gender.